The Bear and the Nightingale
A Fiction, Fantasy, Adult book. I gave everything for you, Vasilisa Petrovna.''Not everything,' said Vasya....
At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse’s fairy tales. Above all, she loves the chilling story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon, who appears in the frigid night to claim unwary souls. Wise Russians fear him, her nurse says, and honor the spirits of house and yard and forest that protect their homes from evil.After Vasilisa’s mother dies, her father goes to Moscow and brings home a new wife. Fiercely devout, city-bred, Vasilisa’s new stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family acquiesces, but Vasilisa is frightened,...
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Id rather my sons living, and my daughters safe, than a chance at glory for unborn descendants. Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale // She is ugly, thought Konstantin, and then wondered at himself. What was it to him if a girl was ugly? Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale // I gave everything for you, Vasilisa Petrovna.''Not everything,' said Vasya. 'Since clearly your pride is intact, as well as your illusions. Katherine Arden, The Bear and the Nightingale //
That's probably one of the biggest reasons I love fairy tales so much. Not really the sweeter version of them..the dark, seedy life of the tales draw me in.This one pretty much fits that bill. It's set in Rus (Or before Russia time) and it's pretty dang dreary. I don't think the characters even realized how dang bad their lives were.... To see this review and others please visit www.readrantrockandroll.com Words cannot describe how much I cherish this book. The characters were described so well and the story was absolutely fantastic and so magical. Certain parts of the story felt so nostalgic to me. It reminded me of my upbringing with my Russian grandmother and our... Just getting to the review on this one as I had to think *how* to actually review it. I saw an early review of this book and immediately knew I had to get it ASAP. With descriptions of the Russian wilderness, Russian folklore, fairy tales, a bit of magic...I was sold. I could not wait for it and when it arrived at my library for me,...
